Census: Fewer white babies being born
By Stephanie Siek and Joe Sterling, CNN
(CNN)– U.S. minorities now represent more than half of America's population under the age of 1, the Census Bureau said, a historic demographic milestone with profound political, economic and social implications.
The bureau - defining a minority as anyone who is not "single race white" and "not Hispanic" - released estimates on Thursday showing that 50.4% of children younger than 1 were minorities as of July 1, 2011, up from 49.5% from the 2010 Census taken in April 2010.
"2011 is the first time the population of infants under age 1 is majority minority," said Robert Bernstein, a Census Bureau spokesman.
The latest statistics - which also count the national population younger than 5 as 49.7% minority in 2011, an increase from 49% in 2010 - portend a future of a more racially diverse America, with new and growing populations playing more important roles politically and economically in years to come, analysts say.
Like other analysts, Kenneth M. Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey Institute and professor of sociology at the University of New Hampshire, isn't surprised at the trend.
"We've known it was going to come, but the question was what year the "crossover point" would happen, he said.
"Little children are in the vanguard of all this change coming to America." he said.
Johnson sees the trend as an opportunity for more Americans to embrace diversity. More children are going to be exposed to a more diverse group of classmates, and that will affect attitudes and outlook.
The changes are going to be felt first in hospitals, as well as schools, where an increasingly diverse child population has to be absorbed. Hospitals would need interpreters and translators, for example, Johnson said. English as a second language would be an educational priority.
While many regions such as Atlanta have a diverse population, other regions lack racial and ethnic variety and will have to deal with a new kind of population, he said. In declining rural counties, he said, an influx of groups like Hispanics would serve to renew communities and changes would ensue.
"For a country that's aging, we need young workers, and the growth of the minority population will contribute to the size of the young adult workforce," he said. "This is breathing new life into the United States."
Jeff Passell, senior demographer at the Pew Hispanic Center, called the Census numbers "a cumulative effect of 35 to 40 years of immigration" bringing large numbers of Latinos, Asians and other immigrants into the United States.
He said the Hispanic population in particular is very young, much more concentrated in child-bearing years, and has a higher fertility rate than the white, non-Hispanic population. Lately, he says, there are a lot more births among native Hispanics in the United States than new Hispanic immigrants, a "cumulative effect" of immigration.
If the trend continues, Passell says several decades from now, possibly in the late 2030s or early 2040s, the U.S. population will become less than 50% non-Hispanic white.
"This is a trend that we can reasonably expect to continue. The factors that determine this have been set into motion, and in demography things tend to change gradually," he said.
There were 114 million minorities in 2011, or 36.6% of the U.S. population, a bump of half a percentage point from 2010. The latest figures count Hispanics as the most populous and fastest growing minority group.
They numbered 52 million in 2011, and their population grew by 3.1% since 2010. The U.S. Hispanic population grew from 16.3% in 2010 to 16.7% in 2011.
"California had the largest Hispanic population of any state on July 1, 2011 (14.4 million), as well as the largest numeric increase within the Hispanic population since April 1, 2010, (346,000)," the Census said.
"New Mexico had the highest percentage of Hispanics at 46.7%. Los Angeles had the largest Hispanic population of any county (4.8 million) in 2011 and the largest numeric increase since 2010 (73,000). Starr County - on the Mexican border in Texas - had the highest share of Hispanics (95.6 percent)."
Asians numbered 18.2 million nationally in 2011, making them the second fastest-growing minority group - up by 3% since 2010. Figures show that California had the largest Asian population of any state at 5.8 million and the largest increase since 2010 at 131,000.
"Hawaii is our nation's only majority-Asian state, with people of this group comprising 57.1% of the total population. Los Angeles had the largest Asian population of any county (1.6 million) in 2011, and also the largest numeric increase (16,000) since 2010. At 61.2%, Honolulu had the highest percentage of Asians in the nation," the Census said.
African-Americans are the second largest minority group in the United States at 43.9 million in 2011, an increase of 1.6% from 2010. New York has the largest black population of any state with 3.7 million and Texas has the largest increase from 2010 of 84,000. Cook County, Illinois, which includes Chicago, has the largest black population of any county at 1.3 million. Fulton County, Georgia, which includes Atlanta, has the largest increase since 2010 at 13,000.
The District of Columbia has the highest percentage of blacks at 52.2%. Mississippi has the second-largest at 38%.
America's native population - labeled "American Indian and Alaska Native population" by the Census - was about 6.3 million in 2011, up 2.1% from 2010. California had the largest such population at 1,050,000 and the largest increase at 23,000. Alaska had the highest share at 19%. Los Angeles had the largest such population of any county, with 231,000, and the largest increase, 9,000 since 2010.
The population classified as "Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander" was 1.4 million in 2011, up 2.9% since 2010. Hawaii had the largest such population of any state at 359,000 and the highest percentage at 26.1. California had the largest increase since 2010 at 9,000. Honolulu has the largest population of any county at 235,000. Los Angeles County had the largest increase since 2011 at 2,700.
Of single race non-Hispanic whites, California had the largest population at 15 million. Texas had the largest increase since 2010 at 80,000. Maine had the highest percentage of the non-Hispanic white alone population, 94.3 percent.
Four states and the District of Columbia have predominantly minority populations, Hawaii, at 77%, the District of Columbia at 64.7%, California, at 60.3%, New Mexico, at 59.8%, and Texas, at 55.2%. Minorities comprised the majority population in 11% of the nation's 3,143 counties.
Michael White, professor of sociology at Brown University, said the rise of minorities fits into a longer-term evolution of the U.S. population, a mosaic that has been adapting to ethnic change since the first Census was recorded in 1790. There have been many groups represented over time, from enslaved and indigenous peoples, those of European stock, and now to a population reflecting the wider world - truly a "melting pot," he said.
White says it's hard to say how the changes will affect politics and that one can't assume that ethnic patterns will determine voting patterns. Local economic issues, for example, will evolve differently in different states and cities, and there are economic benefits of having a younger population, he said.
"The political dimensions will play out differently," he said. And by the time the babies are old enough to cast ballots, "the United States will be a different place when they are walking into a voting booth."
William Frey, Brookings Institution demographer, sees political challenges for new immigrants and an economy benefiting from their presence. Many Hispanics and Asians are too young to vote or can't cast ballots because they haven't become citizens.
"It's going to take perhaps awhile before the younger people get more engaged in politics. They do have an impact in some places, like swing states, such as Nevada, Colorado and Florida. They can make a difference," he said.
He, too, says that newcomers to the United States bring an energy that invigorates the economic system and an older society.
"I think we're going to just see that the younger part of the population will have a different vibe," he said. "They are sort of needed to help our youthful image and to add to that vitality. They will bring a dimension and element we sorely need."
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Whites are still the largest ethnic group. Making up nearly 70% of the population
Actually "Diverse Voice" you technically not "breathing the same air we do" You see the atmosphere is 78.09% nitrogen, 20.95% oxygen, 0.93% argon, 0.039%. We as humas inhale this mixture, our lungs capture the oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide. You breathe your air and I'll breathe mine.
When I was in school (1964 to 1976) we were told repeatedly by our liberal college brain washed teachers that "the world has too many people to support". If we keep having large families we would all starve to death. The new comers haven't been brain washed into thinking that way so 6 to 8 kids is no big deal. This is not really a surprise.
Mutliple birthings today is typically a by-product of the dumb and the poor.
All the prosperous countries are Asian or White. Name any successful Black or Hispanic country?
Asian or white... lmao!!!!!!!! Stop posting and go study.
Best comment on this post!!
@Rich54,
Perhaps had the whites not messed with the black and hispanic countries, they would be prosperous as well? In other words, Stay Home! They didn't need you there in the first place! Find a history book. Deuh.
Brazil has a faster growing GDP than the USA right now.
Jason, Brazil better than America? Hahahahahahahahaha
Why are you in a white country?
Collectively that may be true. If you drill down and look at the economic distribution of those countries, you'll see their educated and monied classes live very well. Whites will probably enjoy a higher standard of living as a whole.
If this article is correct, could this be the reason the GOP are hell bent on making women have babies?
"The changes are going to be felt first in hospitals, as well as schools, where an increasingly diverse child population has to be absorbed. Hospitals would need interpreters and translators, for example. English as a second language would be an educational priority."
The article is about babies. If you are born here, and grow up here, no matter what color you are or language your parents might speak, you're going to grow up learning to read, write, and speak English. Where was all the concern for interpreters and schooling when minority babies were 49.5% of the newborns in 2010? Did those babies not need interpreters? What? If you're black or Asian or Native American or native Hawaiian or Inuit you are genetically incapable of learning to speak English? That statement really reveals some underlying racial stereotyping on the part of the author.
New Zealand! Here we come!!!
We have plenty of young workers and we don't need more. It's not like it's a demographic crisis like that in Russia. We need the young (like myself) jobs after they leave college!
Who cares what the color of someones skin is, can we move past this and judge people on their merits, not skin color, gender or religion. Skin color doesn't make some one act the way they do, its the environment they are raised in
That's an assumption with no evidence to back it up.
They are lumping all the races together vs. one, whites are still the majority, not that it matters
And there's no evidence to support that skin color does determine behavior.
I'm gonna hide anywhere I can.
If you want to see skin color bias, then just go to the Black community. African-Americans are as biased regarding skin color as many so-called racist Whites. Yes, I lived in Detroit for many years and have seen this first hand.
White women are having ALOT of babies with minority men. LOVE IT!
Sad really
White women are having ALOT of babies with minority men. HOORAAAAAY!
This is great news! Now ill-behaving "minorities" can look to be held accountable for their actions and stop blaming social imbalance.
That will be the day.
We have forgotten who built this country these people have millions of Anchor babies at the tax payors expense.
These people? Anchor babies? You mean the Native American babies? Or the Inuit babies? Or the Native Hawaiian babies? Which ones are anchor babies again?
Making phone calls to businesses is changing. Soon it will be "Press #1 for Spanish" and "Pres #2 for English." I have already experienced it.
The melting pot works. White people are melting out of existence. Which isn't really such a bad thing, because dirt really shows up on them and you constantly have to wash them.
Right and with this logic non whites are always dirty
What has happened to our education system since the civil rights movement and desegregation?
In the 1970s, we were number one in high school graduation and now we have fallen to 13th and the United States now has the highest college dropout rate in the industrialized world (Symonds, Schwartz, & Ferguson, 2011).
Symonds, W. C., Schwartz, R., & Ferguson, R. F. (2011). Pathways to prosperity: Meeting the challenge of preparing young Americans for the 21st century. Cambridge, MA: Pathways to Prosperity Project, Harvard University Graduate School of Education.
Jews are less than 3% of the population yet they control the media and the banks. Think about that and how that might fit in to your excitement about white people becoming a minority.
Seems you do t have to be a majority to retain your power.
How is it, that when an article mentions ALL minorities, the comments on these boards still only attack Blacks in America? How does "minority" default to Black? White racists and bigots will be stunned when another group takes power. This group will probably be Asian, since they are smarter, technologically savvy, and know how to pass off a fake smile and bow while their plotting to throw you in a mud hole. Based on the comments I read here, American Blacks and the ENTIRE continent of Africa (sarcasm) is worthless and will never amount to anything positive, unless its HIV. You focus solely on those who you feel are degenerate. Keep doing this, you'll somehow miss the uprising from the other groups when they hit you in the back of the head and take over.
Maybe people are OK with other racial groups, but not blacks.
It's daytime and blacks are easier to target in the daylight. Come back around 9pm when the crepuscular peoples, Asians and Hispanics, are fair game.
You're using racism comments to argue against racism? And, herein lies the real problem ...
No, stereotypes. The entire statement was sarcastic. All Blacks in America and somehow the entire continent of Africa (hence, go back to Africa statements as if that's a BAD thing) is referenced as dumb, immoral, diseased, parasitic, criminal, lowlife, baby breeders. Even when there are Blacks that don't fit this stereotype the comments make sure to say that's only because of government assistance and affirmative action.
Yet, all other minorities, especially Asians in America and the continent of Asia itself is the complete opposite and considered to be; moral, smart, techie, innovative, and passive. Stereotypes on these boards are then backed up with statistical evidence that is supposed to make these stereotypes true. Therefore, White racist's (the trolls on these boards) SHOULD NOT be moved by Blacks in one bit. Since White RACISTS (I'm not talking about all White people) generally dislike all minorities, the minority they would have to worry about taking "power" (since staying in power is their concern) WOULD NOT be Black, by their own admission. It would be the group they least expect because they are deemed "passive"...
Wait, why are we afraid of blacks? Do they smell funny, or something? Do they throw Skittles really hard? Are they going to take over the leadership of our country and and turn us into socialists?
Someday, in the not-too-distant future, there will be only one race on the planet – the Human Race.
Then, we'll probably be doing genetic testing to ensure those with higher percentages of minority ancestry are given their fair share ...
You tell em Iva! We are so insecure about our own lives that we resent the mere crumbs we've thrown minorities to make up for 200 years of total exploitation.
I've never exploited a minority, nor have my parents or children. I'm quite secure in that fact, which leads to my irritation at the constant demand for apologies and whining. Go to school (payed for with loans – like most Americans), get a job and reap what you sow ...
AJ, I like this comment.
Press #1 for coherence.
So Hispanic births are up dramatically. Are these "white-Hispanics" as has been described to us by our Glorious Leaders ever since the Trayvon Martin case? Are these Mestizo-Hispanics? I wish our Glorious Leaders would give us more detailed information. Actually, that will never happen. Never mind.
White Hispanics? That's so last April. The new correct PC term is a ZimmerMan.
If we do not defend our borders and deport and deny health and educational service to Hispanics who are determined to turn America into South America we have no one to blame but ourselves. Our country will be unrecognizable in less than 20 years.
This melting pot idea has failed about as miserably as the Obama presidency!! This is the reason I am extremely happy I am old and have more years behind then ahead. I wouldnt have children in this cesspool of a country now!! Its loaded with people I cant say on this post. I am retired military and I guarentee today I would not defend the garbage living here now for any reason whatsoever.
I dont believe however that this going to last though because I believe if the current administration gets re-elected we will be in civil war long before the second term is finished. I think it is necessary and needed. So you better get ready I know I am already ready!!!
If 8 years of Bush couldn't get apathetic and lazy Americans to revolt, then it's going to take at least an (im)Palin to make it happen.
ftroy01, you are right on the money! Cesspool it is. The US MUST tighten the South border and deport the illegals already here. The make up of this beautiful Country has changed so much with Obama. God forbid he gets re-elected!! Keep up the fight!
Ever given any thought to the fact that the radical, bigoted people of your generation inspired a truly opposite and dramatic response from our generation. This includes liberal reaction, as well as racism from all possible groups ...
I can't, and won't, say that I agree with your assessment of how much time you have left on Earth; but, I will say we won't miss your counterproductive opinions.
Get welfare checks,SS Disability, food stamps, Medicaid, CHIP for kids, free cell phones and a ride to the polling booth by the White Panthers. Sounds good to me.
Its only WHITE GENOCIDE ....
Huh?
It really isnt about the complexity of ones skin color concerning this issue at hand. Lets face the facts that AMERICANS by ancestry in AMERICA (at own will or not at own will) are being out-numbered because the government needs to start enforcing the word NO at the Borders of this country. The Average AMERICAN CITIZEN can not go to other foreign countries and get or have the RED CARPET laidout to them like AMERICA do to foreigners when they enter AMERICA. Also many foreigners in AMERICA get so much and give so little back to AMERICA, foreigners send most back to their country. THAT IS ONE OF THE MAIN FACTORS THAT HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE RECESSION THAT WE FACE TODAY.
Whew, and I thought the recession was caused by greedy bankers screwing everyone. Guess I was wrong, huh.
By the way, STOP SHOUTING!
Unless you are native american Marg....you are also a foreigner. Get some perspective please.
Wrong. I'm just as much a Native American as any Indian living on a reservation.
My great-grandparents were immigrants from Ireland. Me? I'm native. You? You're a clown.
Wrong ... just wrong. Please check your facts. The recession was because large banks were allow to invest in real estate and buy and the selling loans bad loans to these banks by people who made $ through signing people up without regard to their ability repay.
It may have already been said, but we (as whites) should think twice about complaining too much about affirmative action, racial quotas, etc. - because someday we (whites) may depend on these same laws to be employed.
Scary, isn't it?
uh never gonna happen dude....
SERIOUSLY!?!?!?!?
Do we still need to assign colors to babies??
It's 2012...
This is why there is still racism and so much hate today...
A baby is a baby....
#ColorLinesNoMore
Free your mind ........
Got to love Communists can't even tell the difference between race and species
Race doesn't make hate; fear does. There's nothing wrong with celebrating our differences. If we were all the same we would be like penguins.
IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT? A BUNCH OF DAM PENGUINS RUNNING AROUND DOING STUFF AT PLACES??
Contemporize, maaaaannnn......
Lots and lots of anchor babies.
If I, as a "white" individual, were to "self-deport" it would have nothing to do with any minority group. It would be to get away from the racism, hate and ignorance spewed by the small yet obnoxiously vocal white majority.
If your a white individual and not a legal US citizen feel free to self-deport back to you country of legal citizen ship.
However if you are a legal US (born in the US) citizen (not naturalized) how do you self-deport?
You always have the option to emigrate somewhere else and rescind your US citizenship, however that is not self-deporting.
The headline "Census: Less white babies born" is not correct. It should be "Census: Fewer white babies born"
Thank you! Journalists pay too much for education these days!
They did mean "less." And my daughter, who was born pasty white and who has to suntan cause she doesn't like it, is going to be happy to hear that babies are coming out less white now. 😉
"Asians remain the fastest-growing minority racial group, with a 3% increase over last year’s population, to 18.2 million."
That trend will continue. With China's one child per family policy, those that can will come to the United States to have their second and third babies.
It is the other way around. The Chinese come here to go to school/work have a baby or two then go back to chine with the children then have their 1 child per family in China. It seems that children born outside of China do not count towards the 1 child per family. I got this from a few Chinese couples. Yes they were planing on having some children while in the US then going back home to have their last child. The children born outside of China will get to choose their citizenship when they turn 18.
Asians of Chinese decent make up less than a quarter of that population. There are almost as many Filipinos and Indians. Unless the population of Chinese descent is having 7 children per woman and the rest is having 1, the One-Child policy is irrelevant or at least not a significant player in in this phenomenon.
AWESOME>>>SO this being the case then my daughters now being the minority can get the help minorities get for college! If not that is a civil rights violation and those people are racists!
The flip side is that on average families with fewer children tend to be more affluent. As a consequence the higher reproduction rate of latinos is not entirely an advantage for them.
Its a known historical fact that every majority group has villianized the one they see coming after them. Scotts, italians, english, french, Jews have all had thier share of hatered while all hating blacks. So when every european ethnic group finally became "whites", its now hispanics that are bad. As a non-white, non-hispanic natualized citizen of this country, all I do is love this place for what it is and for what it has given me. And when you love something, you are loyal to it. You protect it. People who come to this place, given that a few are bad apples, mostly come here for opportunites that this place has to offer and can't thank their stars enough for that. We as Americans, need not be scared of each other but instead extend our hand to our fellow Americans in time of need. Believe me, everything else will fall into place. Fear and hatered on the other hand will only destroy US.
Well said. I admire your thoughts of unity.
Refreshing post. Let's push the unity agenda wherever we are....after all we are all AMERICANS!
by the way, 95 % of blacks voting for obama is not racist? but if whites dont vote for him, they are, right? why has there not been ONE story about this double standard in the mainstream press? where are the real liberals?
I guess 95% of blacks who voted for Clinton was racist too, ha?
Yeah they love to ignore that fact. If Barack was a Repub and blacks voted 95% then maybe they would have an argument. But screaming is easier than researching.
If you are Black and vote for Obama you are not a racist. If you are White and vote for Romney then you are a racist. Strange how that works.
You're not thinking clearly. First of all, you meant to say 95% of the black vote goes to Obama. Obviously it is wrong to say 95% of black vote for Obama, when no where near that % vote at all. So you can easily cut that number in half...maybe more. Im sure he there were better choices than mccain, and mittens, you might not feel that way. I'm black, and I will vote when I actually see someone I like. So far in life I have not.
tell me maff, can you honestly say that the obama you voted for in 08 has lived up to his brand? is he a uniter or a divider? there is ample evidence, empirical fact, to answer this question, but I want to see what you think....
if obama were white and had the same exact rhetoric , do you think 95% of the black vote would go to him? by the way, were it not for white voters, obama would have lost in 08.
BS, most of them are too attached to their lifestyle and having kids would interfere.
kinda like england, where the most popular baby name is now mohammed.
way to go liberals...anything to try to make them like us....
and a president who loves stoking the divide, the anger, the tension...why? because he thinks it gets him votes...the hell with red america, blue america, were all america...what mullarkey from him..and you believed it! hahahahahah
THe comments on here are so depressing. I know lots of different people of different races and some are poor and some are rich. I have lived in the South, Southwest and Northeast. I have seen people of all colors fail to care for their children and abuse the welfare system including some of those who rich. I have seen people of all colors work hard to care for their families and not use or abuse the welfare system, some of them very. very poor. The fact that so many peopl (based on the comments here) believe that whites take care of their own and dont use or abuse the welfare system while minorities are all poor breeders milking the welfare system makes me sick. I am ashamed of you all.
Education does make a difference.
at least people have a chance to stay open-minded
If you were my neighbor, I would protect my children from an angry racist like you and move. People like you are what is wrong with America. YOU don't have/know the facts, dude.
Best post of the day!
I don't know what's the average age of people who commend on this board.
But we younger generation (early 20's) don't care about race. We have friends that play basketball with, go to concert with, study with.
I don't see their color. At all
Very glad to hear this. I was raised in the 70's to not see color and am so glad that is becoming the norm. Long, long overdue.
Then you blind. Cause they are after everything you or your parents own.
Phil you and your parents don't have anything I want. So rest easy.
We deserve everything that's gonna happen to us.
Most sound minded Americans understand that we are all Americans! Those who live in fear are at greatest risk of being bigots!
another self hating apologist...i hate weak people like you..
Pathetic. How many 'whites' who think they are white actually have mixed races in their genetic heritage? Statistics indicate 97% of people who have white skin and NOT genetically pure Scandinavians.
Great this must make the deomocrats mouths just water, fresh meat for the taking as its getting more difficult to get dead people to vote!!! LOL
There goes America. Does this mean we are going to be like Mexico or Central America or South Africa in 25 yrs time?
Poor people, regardless of race, always have a higher rate of children than the rich, this has been true throughout human history. The white Americans of today are the desendents of the poor classes that overflowed the populations of every European country in the 17th, 18th 19th and 20th centuries. They came here because they were poor, had large familes and were stuck at the bottom in the Old Country.
Great post!
It's funny to watch everyone mouthing off about skin color and how important it is. Wake up people, skin color is an evolutionary adaptation to a lack of sunlight. The genetic diversity in skin is FAR LESS than the genetic diversity between two siblings! Typical lack of education in the US leads to the standard uninformed opinions.
You take a group of black people and leave them to breed in a northern country and in a few thousand years their skin will BECOME WHITE. Take a bunch of white people and drop them off in Africa to breed for a few thousand years and their skin will evolve to BECOME BLACK.
What an unbelievable lack of education. Pathetic.
maybe these people should try watching TED sometimes.
Mostly they might live with a very one-dimensioned mind.
Again, as you said, all we can rely on is education
Great post! Let's celebrate diversity...and the fact that we are one race...HUMAN!
Excellent point.
You forgot to mention DNA. As the population mixes so does the DNA. Dominate genes will take over recessive genes. You don't have to wait thousands of years for this transformation.
Way to go all u out of touch liberals trying to help the diadvantaged ignoring the current state of unemployment forb americans born in this country. hell lets just give it al away close our borders NOW. ban immigration.
and I feel fine!
It's changing demograhics and no real surprise. As a white person, I'm not the least bit alarmed because this is simply the historical trend. Some whites, especially conservatives, will go into major panic mode about this and try to use it as a political wedge; that's inevitale as well.
Keep telling us why you guys are mad.
This will only solidify Social Darwinism is correct
The Mayans were only off a few months!!!!
Man , just reading this is laughable some of yall need a hug lol.!!!!
No worries. In the not too distant future there will be only race. Beige. That's probably a good thing because it's the only way to kill racism.
Don't worry, Evelyn. We will then find another way to be bigots – perhaps religious beliefs, or economic class?
The majority of babies born in Calif. are hispanic. Our sacramento's democrats gave it away long ago. Its not safe here anymore. Mexifornia.
Spot on. Because I have seen this happen myself. Yes there is some minorities that do work very hard, but does seem like a vast majority do take advantage when they can get away with it. The only problem with the card bit, there will be no money for you and me, now that is racist...
Please check your statistics, there is just as much fraud in all races. People are people and will attempt to "get over" in almost all cases.
Well, yes there are fewer white births in comparison to other races if you lump ALL other races into one large group. However, if you seperate them by race, there are still more white births and they are not in the minority. Based on that calculation you could say any individual race has less births then ALL its counters combined. – Seriously people, get a grip.
FACT this country is great because of the contributions of many races but especially free labor for centuries...the contributions of all races will go on...the sky is not falling you will see that. On a side note...it was George Bush who almost destroyed this economy...FACT
Its sad to see so many blinded by their own color and ingorance. These people are the weak minded and inferior, and forever damned to be the victim. Just keep blaming others for your lack of motivation and intellect.. Let me break it down for you dimwits. It doesn’t matter what color you are. The dumbest are out breeding the smartest. Do the math idiot. What does that equal? I really hope you have the intellect to understand what that means long term. Do you need pictures? To disregard the stupidly obvious facts is ridiculously blind with no common sense.
but what you don't understand is that the wealth now will be passed down to fewer people and those people will have more power than those who currently have it.
Yeah, that worked great in Zimbabwe.
Obama is noy a liberal. The country is going th s h i ... because of 8 years of undeclared war started be the repubes who have
no solution but MORE WAR
The solution is quit giving away my hard earned money to those that never worked for it. And to stop giving my tax money to people who never paid any taxes. Really simple.
So many people talk about democrat and republican like that matters. The problem is the same problem is has always been. It is about the "haves and have not's". I can easily sit in Congress and give my vote on a tax increase or whatever when I make 200k a year and get to expense everything to the tax payers. Both sides do that. The democrats have been roughly the same for decades. The republicans have actually become more liberal than the days of Regan. If Congress really wanted this country to change the line item veto would of passed. That way none of this super long bills would have totally unrelated earmarks and laws placed into them. If Congress is going to vote on healthcare then vote on healthcare not healthcare with earmarks for corporations or states added in. It has and will be for a while about money. Plan and simple. Both sides are working to get reelected not to help the American people.
it's a free country
you can be whoever you want to be
Whites in population: 223,553,265
Whites on welfare: 11,661,000
Percent of whites on welfare: 5%
Blacks in population: 38,929,319
Blacks on welfare: 11,362,000
Percent of blacks on welfare: 29%
Math: it's so racist!
Correct me if I am wrong, I do believe the arguement that math is racist has been made at one point in time. The tests are scewed or something of that nature.
Yes, tests of math and reading, the most basic of skills in modern society, find that blacks score lower than whites, in fact lower than any other race. Therefore the tests are racist, math is racist, and reading is racist. Everything is racist. Or maybe the races are not really equal, and that's just a myth that people are being brainwashed into believing.
Just like we live in a supposed racist society because there are more blacks in prison than college!!! We have to blame something for this......it couldnt be their own fault could it??
More Blacks in prison then in college? Of my 450 Facebook friends, 200 of whom are Black, more then half has graduate degrees while the others are in college for undergrad. I highly doubt I'm the only young Black woman in America under 35 who speaks a few languages, has several degrees, and knows similar Blacks of the same caliber. Maybe I just happen to know all the smart, middle to upper-class Blacks in America *shrug*. And, the government didn't pay for my education nor did they pay for my children, since I haven't had any yet. They also haven't had to pay for my abortion(s), since I haven't had that either. Stereotypes are fun!
You should factor in the head start we whites had.
One thing I can say in response to that is that there has been no change at all in the difference between white and black scores on the SAT since 1990, so for 20 years. That is after all kinds of program to help blacks, from Head Start to free lunch, to affirmative action to special tutoring, etc. So it doesn't seem like those programs are helping even a little bit.
You think 20 years is la ong time, do yah? You must be very young.
Cite your sources, please!
You forgot to factor the head start we whites had.
At one time welfare was a whites only program. No one but whites could participate. Now everyone is allowed. Welfare should be eliminated in its current form. If you are not putting into the system then you should not be taking from it. That is not racial, that is economics. If I am working two jobs and still can't make it, then I should get some assistance, if and only if I can PROVE where all money is going. Nice cars, cell phones, cable TV are all "extra". Food, water, shelter and in this day and age the Internet are must haves. By the way I am black, so before someone thinks I am some racist jerk, think again. Everyone needs some help sometime, but exhaust all your other options before asking for a handout.
If you require welfare recepients to verify where their income is going, then we really should do the same of the rich. If they say they need tax cuts in order to create jobs, we, as citizens, must verify that the only thing the rich does with any tax cuts is towards jobs. We cannot keep subsidizing the rich by giving them free money when we have a massive foreign debt created by the rich moving jobs overseas. The rich move jobs overseas, then somehow get others to agree that the foreign deficit is all of America's problem. No, it is not!!!! Either move those jobs back on American soil for Americans, or start getting taxed more!!!
Where I'm from I notice a lot of white guys having kids with minority women, so that is one factor right there.
must be a real fine area you live in!
No poor areas of all races??? Really??? Don't let the joke be on you...
I LOVE IT!
Ok, since I ruffled some folks feathers and people wanted facts while calling me racist...here you go:
While blacks comprise roughly 12% of the population they consume over 33% of the social services. So sure you can make claims that by sheer volume whites receive more benefits, but as I stated before, minorities consume a greater percentage when compared to the amount they contribute. There's your "facts"......
these are unedcuated liberals
they will never understand your statement
(Assuming you have a valid source and the information is correct...) Ok, so does that make black people inherently good or bad? No. Does that mean that the people on welfare don't actually need the extra help? No. Does that make people that look different than you any less worthy of respect, because a greater proportion of their "group" gets more help from the government? No!
I think you have centuries confused...pricing of humans actually evolved...got it?
yes I do
but i can clearly see you didn't
Asians are a people with a lot of wisdom
that is why they are so successful and others continue to mire in poverty
Isn't it time that we start requiring parents to be licensed and to be held accountable?
You must have a license to operate a motor vehicle, to go fishing or hunting, or to have a pet—yet a person can bring a human life into this world, with little, if any, accountability.
A majority of poor and uneducated had no choice in the matter of being poor and uneducated.
Been tried. In China. Hasn't work too well for them either.
We're not China.
I am going to go pull my kids out of school right now! You don't need to go anymore little Johnny, you see the gubment going to take care of you now! Here is your new card, it is called a "race card." If anyone says you have to do anything, just pull it out!
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I see the truth hurts. You see, I am educated, after watching many years of this go on!
truth hurts huh?
I understand the point you are trying to make but you are wrong. There is a higher number of Whites on welfare, but Blacks are way higher as a percentage of welfare recipients.
Time to unite Scandinavia and make it a superpower. There was a reason for moving up there. Hmm I wonder why. Delve into the ancient past and you'll know why.
Wow. That could be the most petty grammar criticism I've ever heard.
I think it's high time they stop calling whites the majority because we aren't anymore. We are now the minority.
I don't feel like the minority
i still have all the power and my life hasn't changed!
hum
I think you are forgetting how this country was built...centuries of forced labor...centuries of a head start...let's work to make this a more perfect union....
stop with the old whites had centuries of a head start. africa has had plenty of of time to get it together as well as mexico but its their own culture that holds them back. they still act barbaric.
The people who pay all the taxes can have less children because of all the taxes they have to pay. And those that don't work and pay no taxes sit around having children to get more money from the government–money that does not always to to the children. So, does this surprise us White Folk....heck no! I've worked my entire life, so now us white guys will be the minority and get paid back for all the work we've done all our lives. And the slugs??? Well, no more free-bees, there slacker!
I guess you have never been exposed to hard working minorities even those in the military...because if you had...you would have more respect...it's called a bubble....what you live in...
Get over it accept it move on. That's what the natives did. Accept that this country was taken by force. Accept that karmas coming back around. At least it didn't need war or violence.
I think you mean "except".
I think you'd better check your dictionary.
No, I think I'm good. I'm not talking about the first use of accept either... the second and third ones.
No I'm saying u need to accept
He's right, you're wrong. Perhaps you'd better check your dictionary.
I’m curious why you believe except was meant instead of accept? Let’s use a synonym for except – exclude and replace the instances of “accept”
“Get over it exclude it move on. That's what the natives did. Exclude that this country was taken by force. Exclude that karmas coming back around. At least it didn't need war or violence.”
It doesn’t even work as satire or irony. It’s just plain incorrect.
No, sorry, Mary's use of 'accept' is correct.
Craig: Accept that you're wrong.
if all this is true then shouldn't we stop calling them MINORITIES?
Blacks take care of themselves. Then blacks can get what they deserves. whites will get NO more free labor.
No, blacks are the child race that are taken care of the adult white race through welfare and affirmative action.
These statistics are misleading. Its not accounting for mixed race children. They count those who are born from a mixed family as the minority factor. If you are part Caucasian part African american then they lump that person into the African american column and not both. All this could mean is that children are being born more of a mixed race family. Remember as long as you have a minority blood line some where in you, you are automatically a minority in the statistics eye.
clean blood here!
Good, Steve – we'd like to isolate the DNA of bigots.
Some people on here really need to learn if you don't have anything constructive to say, don't say anything at all. ' I would love to believe your parents raised you better than that. Look at the hate within yourselves.
Must have interns on the job.
There is enough stereotyping to go around for all races...this happens to be an overblown stereotype....that is commonly used to attack other male races...it's old n stale...
"non white or Hispanic"??? The media loves to spread bad information. No wonder the public is confused. Hispanic is not a race, there are white Hispanics. The vast majority are mixed and are still mostly white.
Gee, there is a surprise.
Does this mean I get to riot and go on big marches too?
Yep. And feel free to demand reparations for the hardships of your great great great great great great great great grandparents. They had it pretty hard and it's worth millions to you. You deserve it.
DAvid, try again. How about the GRAND-parents who couldn't drink from the same fountain, etc...
If you are oppressed you will have every right to resist...and I think it will be the right thing to do!
I am against anyone hating anyone. I do not believe it was right for the Black Panthers to have started their group in response to the KKK. I believe we should all love each other. I think that your video was sad, as was my video. I get so upset when hatred like this comes out, but not all minorities are like this. I for one am not. I love everyone – even those who hate me because that is what Jesus wants us to do.
Duggar family have 19 kids. Octomom have 8 kids. In America.... you have lots of white people. Super Rich White people!!!
LOL, you really will not do that, you know.
No he would not, because he knows his worth and his role in society is anything but being a leach
I feel sad for you that you were never exposed to hard working minorities e.g those in the military...those in science etc....I wonder why you choose to ignore that...btw there are more minorities who work that are on welfare...
I served 8 years in the military and they still want their protected status....they pull the race card if passed over for promotion....I am getting my card laminated and ready today!
So, now I'm a minority and I'm sick and tired of the black man trying to keep me down.
See how far that gets you.
Then they can fight the hoards of Muslims that are breeding in Europe.
Whites being minority does not make blacks the majority. There are other races in this world, some more focused on contributing something positive than bringing up "us against them".
Welcome to the Third World.
there are more black babies named White- than white babies named Black- if that trend continues according to mathematicians, in the year 2075= The majority of Hispanic babies will be born free
america is done..........
Well, America is STOLEN LAND from people of color. KARMA is something else.
Every land has been stolen many times over from someone else. Why is it more of a crime when people with light skin do it? People of color have stolen each others land and still do. Racist
Craig: I think the difference is whites have stolen land and resources on a massive scale. There literally isn't a continent in the world that whites haven't stolen land and either turned its people into slaves and servants or plunged their country into chaos.
So? That's what happens when you win! You get the spoils!
....only if the ignorant (your name here) remain.
Am sad for you that you have never been exposed to the new America...affluent minorities whose kids are attending college and whose parents work very hard...I think it makes you feel better to bury your head in the sand...am sure you are also not exposed to the strong minority military families whose fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters work hard to keep you safe...this is AMERICA! Beautiful America! It's just not you doing well...you just choose not to see it...
Look at Obama. He is half white/half black and he considers himself BLACK and look BLACK just like Will SMith who BOTH parents are black.
People have been treating him like a black man his entire life, it's only fitting that he think of himself as such.
Interesting point if the offspring between two blacks and one black one white looks the same. That means the black gene is dominant, since his "white" traits are not visible at all.
MinnesotaDemonizer I am just making a point that minorities are not the only ones on welfare. That is all. I am a minority and am not on welfare. It hurts me to read comments that show hatred towards myself. That is all. I got my MAC computer from Apple. I also have a Masters Degree in Opertaional Management from the College of Engineering ( I wont name the state). I graduated with a 3.8. I am one smart minority who is NOT on welfare.
Well, except.... Canada